Stove or range



C. D. CARTER.

STOVE 0R RANGE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, 1920.

1,397,856, Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

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STOVE 0R RANGE.

APPLICATION FILED JL'NE 25,1920.

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CHARLES D. CARTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y

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STOVE OR RANGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

Application filed June 25, 1920. Serial No. 391,703.

T 0 (ZZZ Whom it 12? (03 con cern Be it known that 1, CHARLES D. CARTER, a citizen of the United States, of the city of New York, county of New York, State of New York, have invented a new and useful Stove or Range, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to a stove or range and more particularly to the manner of securing the skirt base to a stove leg in order to eliminate the necessity of employing a bolt. It has heretofore been the custom to manufacture the skirt base and the leg from metal castings and secure the parts together means of bolts. There is now an increasing demand for devices of this character in which the outer or exposed surface of these parts are enameled in order to give to them a better finish and in order to enable them to be more easily cleaned and maintained in a clean and polished condition. It has been found that when the skirt base and leg are enameled and they are secured together by means of a bolt or bolts that the enamel often becomes broken or chipped when the bolts are tightened.

lNith the above in view, it is the primary object of my invention to devise novel means for securing the skirt base to the legs in such a manner that the enamel will not become broken and a uniform and artistic finish will be given to such parts.

To the above ends, my invention comprehends a novel construction and arrangement of a skirtbase, a novel construction and arrangement of a leg and novel means for securing such parts in assembled position.

Other novel features of construction and advantage will hereinafter more clearly appear in the detailed description of my invention.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in the accompanying drawings a typical embodiment thereof which is at present preferred by me, since such embodiment will be found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

Figure 1 represents, in rear elevation and in detached position, the locking member and a portion of the leg and skirt base, embodying my invention.

2 represents a section on line 22 of 12'.

Fig. 3 represents, in sectional elevation, e locking member.

5' l represents, in rear elevation, the

1 locked position.

Fig. 5 represents a section on line 5-5 of 4.

Fig. 6 represents, in front elevation, the skrt l a e and leg in locked position.

similar numerals of reference indicate esponding parts.

Referring to the drawings,

1 designates the skirt base, 2 designates the leg and 3 designates the locking memher. The skirt base 1 is provided at its end with the outwardly extending flange or extension which may have any desired contour but which is preferably rounded, as shown.

Extending rearwardly from the portion 4 are the lugs 5 which may have any desired contour, and the lugs 6 which have their rear face flat, as indicated at 7, and are provided ith the recessed portions 8. The rear wall of the portion 4 is beveled as indicated at 9 and merges into the lower outwardly extending wall 10 and the upper outwardly extending wall 11. 12 designates a rearwardly extending post which terminates in a k y-shaped lug 13 which is adapted to pass through the key-shaped aperture 14 in the leg 2 which is recessed, as at 15, in order to receive the portion 4: of the skirt base, and such recessed ortion merges into the beveled face 16. t the outer end of the leg is provided the outwardly extending legs 17 which engage the walls of the recessed portions 8 of the lugs 6. The key-shaped aperture 14 is formed by a circular opening which merges into a laterally extending slot. The leg 2 is provided with the upper wall 18 and the lower wall 19 in order that when the parts are assembled a close connection will be made between the skirt base and the leg.

The locking member 3 consists of a cast, ing having a key-shaped aperture 20 through it and is provided with the wings 21 in order that it can be readily manipulated. The upper face of the locking member surrounding the key-shaped aperture 20 curely lock the skirt base and leg together.

It will be apparent that by such construction, the skirt base can have the proper enamel finish imparted to it and the likelihood of cracking the enamel when the parts are connected together is entirely eliminated. The locking member 3 is readily detachable so that the skirt base may be removed from the leg 2 whenever desired by a simple partial rotation of the locking memher 3 and relative movement of the skirt base and leg.

It will be understood by those skilled in this art that in accordance with my present invention the cost of manufacture is not materially increased since all of the parts can be readily formed by a casting operation.

Owing to the provision of the legs or foot pieces 17 and the manner in which the skirt base and leg interlock with each other, it will be'apparent that upon the application of the locking member 3 the parts will always be secured in their properly alined position.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a new and useful stove or range which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description, and while I have, in the present instance, shown and described a preferred embodiment thereof which will give in.practice satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that such embodiment is susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a skirt base and leg having interlocking portions to aline them with respect to each other, to form a flush joint, the leg having a key-shaped aperture, the skirt base having a rearwardly extending post terminating in a key-shaped lug to pass through said aperture, of a looking member having a key-shaped aperture to adapt it to pass over the lug of the post and provided with acam face to engage said lug, whereby when said locking member is turned the skirt base and leg will be locked together. I

2. In a stove, the combination with'a leg having a depressed seat and an aperture through it, of a skirt base adapted to engage said seat and form a flush joint and provided with a rearwardly extending lug to pass through said aperture, and a cam shaped locking member having an aperture to permit said rearwardly extending lug to pass through it, said locking member being adapted to be rotated between such lug and said leg to lock the leg to the skirt base.

3. In a device of the character described, a leg having an aperture and outwardly extending lugs, a skirt base having lugs to interlock with the leg lugs and having a post to extend through said aperture, a lug on said post, said leg and skirt base cooperating to forma flush joint with each other, and a locking member through which said post lug passes andhaving a cam face to elfect a wedging action between said post lug and said leg to secure said leg and skirt base together.

CHARLES D. CARTER. Witnesses:

FRANK A. ANDERSON, U. S. G. FINKBINER. 

